Tassel and pendant



May 1;, 1923.

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a unit s team JOSEPH E. CHAPPA'ITE, or NAR-BERTH, PENNSYLVANIA.

TASSEL AND PENDANT.

Application filed September 28, 1920. Serial No. 413,398.

To aZZ ti; 710m it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH E. CHAPPATTE, citizen of the United States,residing at Narberth, in the county of Montgomery and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inTassels and Pendants, of which the following is a specification.

Prior to my present invention, decorative tassels and pendants, such forexample as are used on curtains, draperies and window shades, etc., havebeen made with various ornamental coverings; These coverings are usuallymade by first winding threads of silk yarn upon wooden forms so as tocompletely cover the wood after which silk cord is netted over the woundyarn before the fringe is attached. This previous meth 0d of makingtassels and pendants requires great skill since most of the work is doneby hand and said netting must be done by hand and shaped to the variouscontours of the forms. Sometimes a number of forms are individuallycovered and secured together by various means so as to produce differentdesigns of tassel heads or pendants and furthermore the construction isexpensive and it is difficult to secure persons who are capable andwilling to undertake such tedious tasks.

One object of my present invention is to quickly and cheaply producetassels and pendants for the above mentioned purpose which willv presentsubstantially the same effect to the eye as tassels and pendants made inaccordance with that above described; my present invention consistingprimarily in molding or otherwise producing the tassels and pendants ina manner so that the outer surface will'include an integral structurerepresentative of wound and netted cords or threads which will have anappearance similar to the separately covered tassel heads and pendantsabove mentioned.

Another object is to make my improved tassel heads and pendants in suchmanner that bullion or other styles of fringe can be secured thereto insuch manner that the resulting structure will be durable and extremelypleasing in appearance.

These objects, and other advantageous ends which will be describedhereinafter, I attain in the following manner, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is an elevation showing atassel Figure 3 is a transverse section taken on 4 the line 33 of Figure2, v

Figure 4 is a sectional elevationthrough the completed tassel; a partofthe fringe being cut off at the bottom,

Figure 5 is an elevation showing another I 7 form of tassel made inaccordance with my present lnvention,

Figure 6 1S a transverse section taken on the line 6+6 of Figure 5, and

Figure 7 is a longitudinal section of the tassel head illustrated inFigures 5 and-6.

In making a tassel or pendant in accordance with my present invention, Imay use any material which may be molded or pressed into form so thatafter the molding or pressing operation, the material will harden orset. For example I may use celluloid, plastic compositions or any othermaterial which can be molded by pouring or pressing the same intoshape'and if desired thematerial may be tinted by painting, dyeing orotherwise coloring the same to produce various effects; said coloringeither being present inthe molding or pressing operation or it may beapplied after the tassel head or pendant is formed and hardened.

Referring to the drawings and particularly to Figures 1 to 4 inclusive,I make my improved tassel head 8, one form of which is shown in Figure1, by providing a mold 9 which is made in two sections 10 and 11 asshown in Figures 2 and 3. This mold is made to provide a cavity 12 whichleads downwardly from its top 13 and terminates in a closed bottom asshown at 14;. The surface of thecavity 12 is cut out to provide grooves15 of such shape that when material, out of which the head is to bemade, is poured into the cavity that said material will fill saidgrooves and after the material has set or hardened and the sections 9and 10 of the mold have been opened to permit the release of the headthat the portion of the material which entered the grooves 15 will be inthe form of projections 16 representing a netted covering for the bodyportion 17 of the tassel top. In other words the grooves 15 are cut orotherwise formed in such manner within the mold sections that they willshape the material in the form of intertwined or, netted. threads whichwhile they are integral with the body portion 7, will give theappearance of threads or cords which have been netted around the bodyportion 17. Furthermore the inner surface of the cavity 12, as shown inFigures 2 and 3, has been shaped to provide a portion 18 having therepresentation of a band or ring surrounding the body portion 17 betweenits ends; there being present a portion 19 having the appearance ofindividual windings of'thread or yarn.

It it thus obvious that by cutting or other wise forming the innersurface of the cavity 12 that the molded material therein can be givenvarious effects representing threads or yarn which covers the bodyportion and by tinting either integrally or superficially the, moldedstructure may be given a very pleasing appearance so as to represent acovering of yarn and netted cords such for example as illustrated inFigure 1. In order to provide means of attachment of fringe 20- to thehead 8, I insert a convex filling piece 21 in the bottom of the cavity12 and insert a core rod 22 upwardly through the filling piece and.cavity 12 so that the resulting molded structure, as clearly shown inFigure t, will have a recess 23 in its bottom and a central hole 24leading upwardly from 1i 1e recess to the top of the head wherebyattachment. cord can beinserted; said attachment cord extending througha button 26 and being knotted. at 2% below the bottom and at 28 abovethe top of the head 8. The fringe 20 may be formed of any of the typehaving a heading which can be wound around the attachment cord directlyabove the button 26 after which the attachment cord can be pulledupwardly to firmly clamp the heading of the fringe within the recess andthe knot 28 can then be formed so as to hold all of the partsin place.If desired the upper surface 27 of the recess 23 can be coated withadhesive material so as to-guard against any possible slipping'of thefringe out" of the recess and in this manner a strong" and durabletassel can be produced; the heading of the fringe not being visiblesince only the strands of the fringe will depend below the head 8 asclearly shown in Figure 1.

In Figures 5, 6 and 7 I have illustrated another type of design. inwhich the molded head 8 has the appearance of wavy cords which. arewound around a body portion and since the other parts are similar tothat described in connection with Figures 1 to 4, l have given similarparts corresponding reference numerals.

While I have described my invention as taking a particular form, it willbe understood that the various parts of my invention may be changedwithout departing from the spirit thereof and hence I 'do not limitmyself to the precise construction set forti but consider that I am atliberty to make such changes and alterations as fairly come within thescope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what 1 claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters latent is 1. An ornamental tassel block of plastiematerial having upon its outer surface an integral design in relief.

2. An ornamental tassel block of plastic material having upon its outersurface an integral design in relief representative of fabric.

8. An ornamental tassel block of plastic material having upon its outersurface an integral design representative of a ring.

4. An ornamental tassel block of plastic material having upon its outersurface an integral design in relief representative of fabric and adesign representative of a ring.

An. ornamentalv tassel block of plastic material having upon its outersurface an integral design. in relief representative of fabric andprovided with a central bore adapted to receive a suspending cord andwith a concavity at its bottom adapted to receive a fringe.

In tesiimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresenceof two subscribing" witnesses.

JOSEPH E. GHAPPATTE.

/Vitnesses:

KATHRYN A. SUMMERS, AUGUSTUS B. Corrus.

